Concealable bed.



G. O. PELLETIER. GONUEALABLE BED. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20. 19134 2 SHEETS-SHEETI Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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Be it known that 1, CHARLES O. PnLLn'rIEn, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Oakland. in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Concealable Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a concealable bedof improved construction, which, when not in use can be concealed in a closet located anywhere in F or a clearer description of this invention I refer to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate some of the ways of applicati on of my improvement and in which- Figure 1 is a plan of my device, Fig. 2 a vertical sectional elevation of the same, Fig. 1:? a plan of a modification showing the device suspended from an overhead rail, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the same.

1 indicates the floor of a sleeping room, 2 that of a closet, and 3 that of a sleeping porch.

4 and 5 indicate the walls, and 6 and 7 the doors, between the closet and the room and sleeping porch respectively.

()n the floor 2 of the closet are secured a pair of rails 8 extending in the direction between the room and the porch, each rail being in the form of a channel iron, one side of which rests upon the floor, and the middle portion of which is vertical, while the other side is above the floor. The flanges of the channel iron extend outwardly from the iniddleportion, and over said rails travels a carriage 9, having at the sides depending arms 11, from the lower ends of'which extend toward one another shafts 12, carrying grooved wheels 13, which run in said channel irons. Upon a corner of said carriage next the door 6 of the room is erected a post Specification of Letters Patent.

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application filed August 20, 1913. Serial No. 785,695.

made to fit in the inside of said bed frame, and 1s hinged'near the bottom and properly clamped at the top, so as to be readily opened, and brought to a horizontal'position, when wanted for use, and to be easily folded up again, when not in use.

'In using the bed in the sleeping room 1, the carriage 9 is moved toward said room until the post 1-1 abuts against a stop 18 'on the jam b of the door of the room. The bed is then swung on the post 145 through the doorway to the position shown by dotted linesin Fig. 1, when the bed will be ready to be lowered onto the fioorfor use, and when so lowered it will eXtendfrom the wall 4 inward toward the room. In usingthe bed on the sleeping porch 3 the carriage 9 is transported over-the rails 8 (or over the floor, when .no rails are usedlto the" place,

where the bed is to be opened," and therethev .bed frame 17 is. turned around the vertical post 14 to such an angle, as to bring the bed when lowered onto the floor to face the direction wanted. To move the device from theporch 3 to the sleeping room 1 or vice versa from the sleeping room onto the sleeping porch 3,-it is best to keep the bed frame 17 on the carriage 9 in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, as in this position the bed can passthrough narrow doorways. When not in use the bed is transported to the closet and there the bed frame 17 may be left in the same position in relation to the carriage 9, as it had, when brought through the dour, provided the depth of the closet will permit it; otherwise it may be turned around the vertical postl i, as it gradually passes through the narrow door of the closet and be brought finally to a position at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1.

Should the closet be like the one shown, the bed frame 17, after the carriage 9 is 3 brought to the middle of the closet, is turned around the upright post 14 through an angle heavy and the door narrow, requiring a correspondingly narrow carriage.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I employ a carriage 21suspended from. a pair of grooved rollers 22, which tra el in'a channe123 in a bar 24:, one

suspended from ,'a ove over the sleeping" porch. From said carriage depends an up right or hanger 27, on which is pivotally' mounted; by arms 28, 29, at top and bottom,

e the bed frame 31.

I, To maintain the hanger in a vertical posh iiion, there are erectednpon the carriage 21 posts 32, which carry grooved rollers 83, which travel beneath a rim or flange 34:,

connected with the bar As anv additional means for this purpose, the lower end of "the hanger may move in a channel iron 35 secured to thefioor. -H'aviri'g thus described my invention, what Inclaimfas new anddesire to secure by Let- 13ers Patent is:

,1, The combination of a carriage, adapted to move in a horizontal plane, an upright member rigidly mounted on said carriage to form a stable, upright, traveling column, arms spaced some distance one above the other, pivoted to said column, so as to swing in a horizontal plane, and a bed frame 0011-. milling a folding bed, rigidly secured to said arms and maintained by them permanently in an upright position.

2. The combination of a carriage ads to move in a horizontal plane, an upright member rigidly mounted on said carriage to form a stable, upright, traveling column, a bed frame containing a folding bed, supported by and pivoted to said column, so as to turn around the latter for a full circle, maintaining all the time an upright position.

3. The combination of a carriage, rollers Supporting said carriage, stationary rails of a channel cross-section, adapted to engage. said supporting rollers, so as to guide said. carriage-in a horizontalplane, an upright member rigidly mounted onsaid. carriage to form a stable, upright, traveling column, and a bed frame, containing a folding bed, pivoted to said column, so as to turn uro ind the latter, remaining permal'iently in an upright position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES O. PELLETIEH. Witnesses i FRANCES M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS. 

